This fun website, ExtendNY, extends the Manhattan grid ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD. Moving the cursor moves the little green street signs and updates their street and avenue numbers. So for example, Paris ...
Explore the history of the first grid in New York City, covering significant locations and insights into its layout and ...
“The Grid defines a new balance between control and de-control in which the city can be at the same time ordered and fluid, a metropolis of rigid chaos,” said architect Rem Koolhaas about New York ...
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Manhattan's grid, explained

Discover the origins of Manhattan's grid in New York City with insights from Gerard Koeppel, author of 'The Greatest Grid.' This video explores the history and development of this iconic urban layout, ...
Much of Manhattan was made long in the past–or long enough ago that its boundaries are often seen as acceptable and natural, while the people who live on the fringe (read: above 96th Street) are ...